German Purim Minhogim

Purim is one of the five days in the year that we get up early, albeit my experience is that davening only starts five minutes earlier. This is the practice in GGBH (Munk’s) in Golders Green and 69 in Stamford Hill, both in London, UK. I’d be interested to know if anyone knows the reason for this. When I asked the Rov of 69 (R' Z Feldman) he suggested that it might be because we have so much to do on Purim; I can’t see how five minutes would make such a difference.

On the food side, well on the drinking side, Chazal have not all been so encouraging of getting very drunk. The Maharil suggests that the degree of drunkenness relates to Ad DeLo Yodah Bein Orur Homon Leboruch Mordechai and whether one can tell the difference in the Gematrio of each. Actually they are the same, and if you can’t work that out then you are drunk

Another Rishon suggests that 30 days before the Chag (i.e. Pesach) Shoalim Al Hachag. As this day falls on Purim, one needs to be sober on this day.

Be’virkas Kesivoh Vachasimoh Tovah

Richard St

I believe you left out the day after Youm Kippur, when we being davening early, in order for Soton not to say that yesterday you were in shul all day and today you're sleeping in!

Rallis